Automotive News has been pumping out a ton of information about the General's future products, and between buffing fingerprints off the crystal ball and making phone calls to unnamed sources, they've shed some light on the future of Pontiac.
According to AN, we can expect to get a hard-top version of the Solstice sometime in 2008 as a 2009 model, complete with a revised powerplant that will boost output, although there was no mention of changes to the GXP. Pontiac will stick with the in-line four for the time being, as a V6 variant is officially off the table, and by 2011 it's assumed that new sheetmetal will adorn the Pontiac and possibly its Saturn-badged brother.
The remake of GM's performance brand will also include the demise of the Torrent, while the G5 will be replaced with the RWD Alpha platform by 2010 – unless CAFE standards put those plans on hold.
Naturally, the big non-news is the upcoming G8, with V8 power and rear-wheel drive, which is expected to be the flagship of the brand. Base models will come equipped with a 261 HP 3.6-liter V6, while the GT model will boast a six-liter V8 producing 362 HP. The bad news: don't expect to see a GTO or Firebird in the near future, as GM contends that the market isn't ripe for offering too many high-po gas-guzzlers. Disappointing, to say the least, but if the Camaro explodes, we'd expect both vehicles to see the light of day.
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Never thought I'd say this but: Use the search function, Dave...
FieryOne wrote:Never thought I'd say this but: Use the search function, Dave...
The search button is your friend.
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not daves fault the dumb ass put it in the wrong forum
lol
Actually I *did* search... I searched the OTHER CARS forum, which is the *only* place someone should have posted this information. I am not liable if someone can't follow simple common sense rules and post in the correct forum.
As such, I moved his post into the correct forum, and then locked it because the subject is misleading, another simple common sense rule.
"Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about
the former." - Albert Einstein
280Z reincarnated...I love it. Go GM go.
fortune cookie say: better a delay than a disaster
don't be mad that retard like me beat ya too it. I check www.gminsidenews.com every day i love GM if every thing goes my this year i am going try to lease or fianance a silver 1500 work truck and get a supercharger from Vortech they have 3yr36000 mile power train warranty now.
